dave mckeen

I'm having a terrible time with the Photogenic monolights misfiring.

They will not always fire when I want to take a shot. I've been in

contact with the manufacturer but haven't gotten any resolution. It

was so bad at the beginning of a shoot recently I thought the model

was going to pack up and leave in exasperation.

Two of the strobes I have are firmware version 08. These need an

upgrade. I am using them strictly as slaves. Two are version 09

which is the latest, I'm told. I have employed power strips that are

supposed to suppress EMI/RFI. I have tried another camera and my

Seconic Flashmaster L-358 and have the sync problem with each. I

have four sync cables and a sync cable the manufacturer sent me to

check this problem out.

This can't be happening! Any suggestions?

Hi,

I've got four PL1250 monolights with the standard tubes. I'm using them for digital photography. Their color temperature seems to be 4700-5000K. But the color cast in the studio setting is influenced somewhat by the strobe power being used and backdrop color. Just shoot a gray card each time your scene changes significantly and use that to correct your color. I'm assuming you will scan your color negs for retouching and printing.

However, I'm having a terrible time with the Photogenic monolights misfiring. They will not always fire when I want to take a shot. I've been in contact with the manufacturer but haven't gotten any resolution. It was so bad at the beginning of a shoot recently I thought the model was going to pack up and leave in exasperation. I'll be posting a call for help here myself.

- Dave McKeen

I want an external flash for my E-20. It looks like the recommended

FL-40 is out of production. (I know- Best Buy...) What's a good

replacement?